Be Myself Again

Album: Crayons (2008)
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  • Let me introduce myself
    I'm a woman that you've never seen
    You might know me from somewhere else
    As someone that I've never been
    I gave everything to play the game
    My soul fell apart at the seams
    I fell down like a house of cards
    When somebody pulled the queen

    'Cause you could spend your life
    Looking for your own reflection
    Time can blur the lines
    Between what's real and what's projected
    Had I known what I lost
    What I'd gained, what it cost
    I'd still give what remains
    To be myself again

    You must believe me when I say
    Don't live someone else's desire
    Turn it around like a photograph
    The writing's been there all the time
    Now, you can have all these hopes and dreams
    The ones I can't use anymore
    I don't know what it is you lost
    But I hope you got what you came for

    'Cause you could spend your life
    Looking for your own reflection
    Time can blur the lines
    Between what's real and what's projected
    Had I known what I lost
    What I'd gained, what it cost
    I'd still give what remains
    To be myself again

    Sometimes I wanna leave right now
    Sometimes I wanna cry out loud
    I wanna let it all hang out
    But I don't wanna let you down
    Sometimes I wanna just lay here
    Sometimes I wanna disappear
    I wanna show you all my fear
    But I don't wanna let you down

    'Cause you could spend your life
    Looking for your own reflection
    Time can blur the lines
    Between what's real and what's projected
    Had I known what I lost
    What I'd gained, what it cost
    I'd still give what remains
    To be myself again

    To be myself again Writer/s: Donna Summer, Lester Mendez, Wayne Hector
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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